Hey Oscar fans — for this episode, Bruce Vilanch and “Tex” Davis dive into the 1996 Oscars—the year Braveheart took the crown, beating out an oddly charming mix that includes Apollo 13 and Babe. But here’s the real question: how did a year packed with some all-time classics end up with this lineup? From snubbed fan favorites to the Academy’s love of big, bold spectacle, we’re breaking down what got nominated, what got ignored, and what the Oscars might have been thinking… if anything.

Films Mentioned

**Babe

**Braveheart

**Apollo 13

**Sense and Sensibility

*Il Postino: The Postman

*Dead Man Walking

**Leaving Las Vegas

Nixon

**Toy Story

*Crimson Tide

*Batman Forever

Waterworld

Showgirls

**The Usual Suspects

*Mr. Holland’s Opus

*Casino

**The American President

*Rob Roy

Bridges of Madison County

**12 Monkeys

Hacksaw Ridge

**Apocalypto

Man Without a Face

**Heat

**Devil in a Blue Dress

**The Goodbye Girl

**Adaptation

*Dances with Wolves

*The Crossing Guard

*Get Shorty

**Thelma and Louise

**Lorenzo’s Oil

**Atlantic City

**Howard’s End

**Remains of the Day

*Safe

**Se7en

Georgia

Mighty Aphrodite

*Butterflies are Free

Shakespeare in Love

*My Cousin Vinny

**La Jette’

Sabrina

Pocahontas

Restoration

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